[TheForge] Frosty

[J. Petrila]

So glad to hear you guys are well..  Hope the clean up goes quickly so life
can get back to normal..
JLP Services Inc
6 Kenwood Dr
Rutland, MA 01543-1215

1 (508) 667-5498


On Sat, Dec 1, 2018 at 2:03 PM jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:

> All's well on the Frost farmstead. Lots fell off shelves but surprisingly
> little breakage a couple picture frames one shall mirror a coffee mug and
> such. Critters are all okay but Baxter one of our Doxies didn't come
> downstairs with me that morning and rode it out on the second floor. A
> dresser I've been meaning to screw to the wall for about 20 years now
> tipped over onto the bed he was sleeping in. He's badly shaken but makes a
> great aftershock warning system.
>
> Deb's in Texas and I'm glad, the dresser would've landed on her.
>
> I salute Alaska building codes and thumb my nose at contractors who whine
> about how expensive it is to abide by them! Any public buildings have to be
> built to withstand a R9+ earthquake since the '64 Good Friday quake and no
> large buildings suffered structural damage, lots of damage but no
> structural damage. No reports of fatalities nor serious injuries yet either.
>
> Roads and bridges took hits, our road is closed but that was the fault of
> the engineers who used a technique not suitable in earthquake country but
> it was new, flashy and inexpensive compared to doing it the old fashioned
> way. Nobody in the "modern" world excavates to good bearing and back fills
> with material water can flow through and so on. Oh no that's just not done
> in the lower 48. Yeah, google the videos and various pics of the Vine Rd.
> closure. The helo videos show the results of surcharging saturated organics
> for a fill section, road foundation. Looks like a fat boy stomped a cow
> pie.
>
> The ramp grade failure were surcharged over saturated organics too. Bet
> the construction technique isn't going to be used to repair the damage or
> new structures.
>
> I've been too busy doing pick up in the house to check the shop. I might
> even take a couple pics if a r7.2 earthquake can mess it up more than
> usual.
>
> Thanks for asking. We be good here. ;)
>
> Frosty
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:
> theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Charles
> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 10:36 AM
> To: Blacksmithing List Sponsored By ABANA
> Subject: [TheForge] Frosty
>
> Hope all is alright with Frosty given the quake in Alaska.  Anyone heard
> anything from him?
> Charles
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